Mar 03, 2017

Spicy Slow Cooked Beef Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Avocado-Cilantro Cream

I really love being able to toss ingredients into my slow cooker in the morning in order to have a meal ready to go later in the day, don't you? There's just so much less stress, and I feel so organized, with a clean kitchen going into dinnertime! This recipe for tomato-free, paleo slow cooked beef can be used in a multitude of ways. If you don't want to stuff it into baked sweet potatoes then you could use it as a taco filling for corn tortillas, Brown Rice Flour Tortillas, or simply served with sautéed kale and cabbage!

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Oct 16, 2016

Easy One-Pan Oven Roasted Chicken with Potatoes and Carrots

Weeknights can be full, and sometimes the last thing we want to do is figure out what to cook for dinner. That’s why I love sharing simple, wholesome meals like this one—because nourishment doesn’t have to be complicated. This one-pan roasted chicken with potatoes and carrots is one of my favorite fallback meals when life feels especially full. It’s deeply satisfying, easy to prep, and gives you that cozy, comfort-food feeling with just a few whole-food ingredients. Did you know that potatoes—especially the purple and red varieties—contain antioxidant levels comparable to dark cherries and berries? They’re rich in phenols, carotenoids, flavonoids, and anthocyanins, all of which help calm inflammation and protect cellular health.

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Chicken Stew
Mar 19, 2009

Easy Gluten-Free Chicken Stew

Although life seems to have eased up a bit now that our twin babies will be 15 months old tomorrow, the pace has begun to ramp up. Most days I feel like I am herding cats! For example, the other day I was out for a morning walk with the boys while the girls were in school.

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